All comment & opinion articles – Page 397
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Comment & OpinionBe well informed about wellness trends
Retailers will increasingly juggle health requirements of customers, government, consumer groups and health professionals…
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Comment & OpinionOnline pound shops will have to piggyback
The domain name that I own, poundshop.co.uk, was the first-ever transactional online pound shop…
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Comment & OpinionPrice wars and The Budget: good news for consumers
Who stands to lose most from this price war isn’t yet clear…
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Comment & OpinionOrganic food at the crossroads
Is the growth in value of the organic market down to people buying more, or simply due to price inflation?
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Comment & OpinionA toast for George
One quirk of Budget Day is that the chancellor is allowed to have a Budget tipple while delivering his speech…
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Comment & OpinionSainsbury's silver lining
Sainsbury’s negative numbers, which saw its 36 consecutive quarters of growth come to an end, are not as bad as they appear at first glance.
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Comment & OpinionHow retailers should tackle flood damage
Retailers are potentially facing significant losses and disruption as a result of the recent floods and weather damage
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Comment & OpinionThe Responsibility Deal must do more for public health
It is three years this week since the launch of the Public Health Responsibility Deal…
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Comment & OpinionThe unpalatable truth of the costs of food
At what point does society change when faced with unpalatable facts?…
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Comment & OpinionWhy retailers should get behind Wi-Fi
Waitrose is rolling out free Wi-Fi – and frankly I’m amazed more retailers and supermarkets aren’t doing the same…
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Comment & OpinionMary Berry is queen of cooks despite that cheeseboard faux pas
I was all set to watch ‘celebrities’ making complete asses of themselves as they attempted to resurrect ailing careers…
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Comment & OpinionThe Co-op Group board game: not so much Cluedo as Clueless
With its bizarre cast of disparate characters, The Co-op Group board game is not so much Cluedo as Clueless…
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Comment & OpinionIs the high street's future beyond retail?
The UK’s high streets are engaged in a battle for survival…
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Sugar witchhunt is simplistic and infantile
Original estimates that suggested 50% of the population would be obese by 2050 now seem optimistic…
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Comment & OpinionMorrisons wakes up to the discounters
For the best part of two years before Morrisons tied up its deal with Ocado ahead of its online launch CEO Dalton Philips faced endless questions about when it was going online, and how it was going to do it. At the same time Philips began using the mantra of ...
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Comment & OpinionWhat to do about the problem of underemployment?
Underemployment is a dark truth in the world of recruitment…
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Comment & OpinionExceedingly good marketing
Is Premier Foods about to ditch the ‘Exceedingly good cakes’ slogan from Mr Kipling? Not so fast…
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Comment & OpinionHidden in plain sight
Timed to coincide with Salt Awareness Week (10-16 March), a study funded by the British Heart Foundation claims that teenagers are “unknowingly putting their health at risk by eating too much salt”.
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Comment & OpinionOwn worst enemy
In December we dubbed 2013 an ‘annus horribilis’ for The Co-operative Group. But it doesn’t look as if 2014, so far, is going much better.
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Comment & OpinionHungry Britain: why Panorama's documentary is like food poverty
Today’s Panorama is a pale imitation of the programmes overseen by the late Sir Robin Day…